November 27, 2017Triple J is moving the Hottest 100 date

Which means, sometimes, it’ll still be on January 26, but it’s a powerful move in support of moving the date of Australia Day.

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There’ll no doubt be some uproar from the usual suspects, but the countdown of our nation’s favourite songs actually moved around the calendar until 1998 – and in 2004 it was on January 25 for some reason, so there’s plenty of precedent.